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In reply to the discussion: John Fitzgerald Kennedy 11-22-1963 Where Were You? [View all]llmart
(16,144 posts)I was in gym class and just getting getting ready to serve in a volleyball match when the intercom speaker came on to inform us of the death. The silence in that huge cavernous gym was eerie. We were told to get dressed and go back to our home rooms and we would be loading the buses to go home. When I got home I walked in the house and my mother was watching the coverage on TV and she had tears in her eyes. We sat and watched every minute of the coverage for the next few days. I sort of remember the weather was dreary to match the mood. Seeing that little boy and girl say goodbye to their father was heart wrenching for me.
That truly was a turning point in our world. Up until then, we had lived a rather naive life as children, thinking that we were safe, especially after JFK's handling of the Cuban missile crisis.